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mission impossible?

I’m currently attempting to get the Church of England to ordain me. Strangely enough, that’s not the mission impossible I want to talk about, but just a background fact! The Church Times this week reported the latest Church of England attendance statistics. Overall, church attendance is still falling, although 13 of the [...]

trying to follow Jesus: what is the point?

One of my favourite Christian ‘jokes’ is that the prevalence of ceilidh’s in the social life of the 1990s church was very biblical. After all Jesus did say “I have come that you might have life, and have it in a barn dance”. OK so I’m not funny, but at least I’m not [...]

a little throat clearing to start

So I told my wife that I wanted to start writing a blog. ‘Why?’ she asked me. That was a good question. It seemed sensible to start with a post about why I think I’m doing this…
I’ve been trying to follow Jesus for more than 20 years now. Most of the [...]